Top 10 most popular tourist destinations for Russians in 2010

Analytical Group of the Association of Travel Agencies of Russia (ATOR) prepared a report of tours to abroad requested at the search engine, Yandex. By the end of seven months of 2010, the number of requested tours abroad increased an average of 40% compare to the same period last year
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Top 10 most popular countries in July among users of the Yandex:

1-      Over a quarter (26%) of all requests were Turkey.

2-      The second most popular search is Egypt, which in July requested by 11% of “Yandex” users.  In absolute terms, tours in Egypt has requested by 123 thousand people (compared to 112 thousand in July last year).

3-      Greece closes the top three, with an index 7.2% (80 thousand requests). Compared to July 2009, the number of requests to Greece has increased more than twice.

4-      Fourth place is occupied by Italy (5.4% or more than 61 thousand requests). The number of requests for this country in July up by more than half (55%) compared to the same period last year.

5-      Fifth place was taken by Spain with a share of 4.8% (54 thousand requests). The number of requests for Spain in July of this year increased by more than 75% compared to July 2009.

6-      The sixth is the position of Tunisia with a share of 3.8% (or almost thousand requests).

Following the six leaders

7-      Bulgaria – 3.5%,

8-      Cyprus – 3.3%,

9-      Croatia – 3.2%.

10-    Montenegro – 2.9%.

Yandex users requested tours to Mexico 4 times more compare to July 2009. 2,5 times more for the Dominican Republic, more than 90% of increased demand for tours to Sri Lanka, Brazil, the Maldives and Tahiti, and 50% in Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Vietnam.